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Re: A way to build a universal joint?
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lugnet.technic
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Mon, 25 Jun 2001 01:43:32 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Thomas Avery writes:
> In lugnet.technic, Thomas Avery writes:
> > Building a u-joint probably can be done, although I've never really tried.
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> Okay, I've tried now. You've captured my interest and I wanted to see how I
> could do it. Take a look at 3 ideas:
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> http://tanyatj.home.texas.net/tjscreations/quick_pics/ujoint.html
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> As I spectulated before, the home-made joints are bulky and it will be hard
> to incorporate them into a nice, neat, compact model. Anyway, it was worth a
> try.
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> I guess the problem is that Lego parts a just too big. The key element in
> the u-joint is the center piece. To create it, you neet a set of axles that
> are perpendicular and in the same plate. Given the variety of parts,
> creating this set of axles results in a large piece and then the overall
> home-made u-joint is relatively large.
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> Anyway, it was fun.
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> T. J.
Could you connect a 4-way znap connector between 2 axles somehow? It just looks
so simular to the center piece...
NICK
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| (...) Well, I dunno. I'm not very familiar with znap parts. If the piece you're talking about will allow you to connect axles or pins perpendicular to each other and in the same plane, then the znap piece should work. I'm sure you could just replace (...) (23 years ago, 26-Jun-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: A way to build a universal joint?
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| (...) Okay, I've tried now. You've captured my interest and I wanted to see how I could do it. Take a look at 3 ideas: (URL) I spectulated before, the home-made joints are bulky and it will be hard to incorporate them into a nice, neat, compact (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jun-01, to lugnet.technic)
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